MHS choir students Akash Sriram and Rachel Plummer for being selected to perform with the California Choral Directors Association (CCDA) All-State Honor Choir. 

MHS alumna Riya Vyas, a former student journalist for the MHS Union and current freshman at UC Berkeley, for winning the inaugural Student Freedom of Information Award from the Student Press Law Center. 

MHS Associated Student Body (ASB) President Nhuhao Nguyen and MHS Activities Director Deana Querubin for spearheading the 2023 Jack Emery Food Drive.

Eagle Scout Daniel Muller for building and donating a mini-library to Sunnyhills Child Development Center.

Dr. Hanna Asrat, Principal of Burnett Elementary School, shared her school's attendance data and mechanisms before introducing this 60th Anniversay Diamond Jubilee Video Tribute.

The topic for a Study Session with the MUSD School Board and community was student Culture, Climate, and Engagement. Data from our Climate and Culture survey administered in the fall was shared in conjunction with tiered student support programming. The study session objectives included:

• Build a shared understanding of the research findings surrounding exclusionary practices and student outcomes.
• Experience Circle Practice support the development of school community and shared accountability.
• Establish a commitment to build up a comprehensive system of student support. 

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Showing Up Matters! Attendance initiative update

For the 23-24 school year, the district and school sites collaborated to engage, inform, and support our students and families around positive attendance. We know that when students are present, they increase their opportunities for learning and growing individually and as a citizen of their school community. As a district, MUSD is committed to achieve 97% average daily attendance for the 23-24 school year. Staff shared attendance data comparatives and strategies of engagement to support sites, parents and students. 

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Say Something Anonymous reporting system

The Say Something Anonymous Reporting System (SS-ARS) program empowers students to be upstanders and say something to a trusted adult when they recognize warning signs and threats, as well as offers ways students can grow a community of upstanders.

The program is designed around three goals that are accomplished using the program's framework and reinforced through the program cycle. The three goals of the Say Something-ARS program are to teach students how to:

• Recognize warning signs and threats of someone who may be at-risk of hurting themselves or others.
• Say something to a trusted adult to get help and how to submit a tip to the Anonymous Reporting System.
• Grow a community of upstanders who look out for one another.

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